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How to Replace Window Regulator 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am
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Tools used
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
10mm Socket
Door Panel Removal Tool
Ratchet
Cloth Rags
1. Remove door panel.
For more detailed instructions see our other videos.
2. Remove water shield.
Carefully use your putty knife to remove the water shield.
Take care not to rip it, as it keeps water from getting into your door.
3. Unbolt Regulator
Lift up the window and tape it up out of the way.
Remove the bolts with your wrench or socket and ratchet.
Unplug the motor.
Remove the plate securing the regulator.
Take the regulator out.
4. Install the new regulator
Replace the regulator and motor back into their original positions.
Bolt the track back in.
5. Test
Test the to make sure the wiring is hooked up correctly.
Untape and attach the window.
Test again to make sure the window isn't straining and everything works.
6. Re-assemble
Replace the water shield.
Reassemble the door panel.
For more detailed instructions refer to our other videos.
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Hi, I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1aauto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my 20 plus years experience restoring and repairing cars and trucks like this to show you the correct way to install parts from 1aauto.com. The right parts installed correctly. That's going to save you time and money. Thank you, and enjoy the video.
In this video, we'll be showing you window regulator replacement on this Grand Am. It is a two-door. The four-door is generally the same, and this process is the same for a lot of different GM products. Similar little bit of difference in taking the door panels off and things like that, but very similar. The tools you'll need are a flat blade screwdriver, a Philips screwdriver, a putty knife or door panel clip tool, a 10 mm socket and ratchet, and a 10 mm wrench. We're going to just fast forward taking the door panel off. If you want to see this in real time, just check out our other videos for the Grand Am door panel video. Probably you can pick up enough here. It's really I think four Philips screws and prying out the trim plate and stuff like that. Then once you do that, then you have to pull the pins from around the perimeter. There's another screw right behind that little reflector. Then also just so you know, I'll use fast forward throughout the video too just putting in bolts or tightening things just to kind of speed along to get it within the YouTube 10 minutes and also to provide as much detailed information as possible.
You want to remove this water shield. You want to try to do it relatively carefully. You don't want to tear it because this is important keeping the interior of the car dry. Now you're going to have to remove two bolts. One there and then one up here. This car has a broken regulator, so it's kind of in an odd spot. You can see it right down in there, right next to the window motor. Not where I'm pointing where I'm pointing there in the shadow of my finger. Remove those two bolts. That's what will happen when the regulator goes bad in a weird spot, but you can get in there and get them.
Take some tape, and put a couple pieces up here. The window comes right up. Just put the tape on here to hold it up for right now. Quick freeze frame here. See where the arrow and the circle is? That little white clip should actually go with the window. It was a little blooper on my part. This car was broken and I didn't realize it until I started putting it back together.
Now I can take off the bolts that hold the regulator: one, two, three, four, five. I've taken these three out, and then these I can just loosen out. The regulator then actually goes up. Take that out. Unplug the motor. Now I just need to remove this little pin here. I have to remove this plate here too. Once that plate is out, you can begin to get the tire regulator out. I'll hang up this bolt here. That bolt's in place. Tighten those up. Now I'm going to plug it in just to make sure that the regulator is working and the window motor is working, also to run it up just a little bit so I have easy access to this bolt here. Everything looks like it is working. Now I'll put this back in. Now we gotta get our clips back on. We're tight, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight. Slide the window back down. See that there. We'll do a test, and everything is working pretty good.
Now at this point it's just a matter of putting the door panel back together. We're going to speed through that. If you do want to see the complete video at real speed putting the door panel back on, you can just check out our other videos and you'll see that. Maybe you can get enough by my quick motions here. That's pretty much it. This window regulator is something that the average person can do. No real specialized tools or anything like that required. We hope this helps you out. Check out 1AAuto.com for all your parts needs. We sell great quality parts. We got the knowledge to go behind it. We hope you give us a shot. Thank you very much.
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Window regulator installation
B
June 28, 2017
Product description was as ordered arrived in good time and installation went smoothly works great much faster than my other windows.
almost useful
chuck
July 11, 2017
fit in door but when I went to fasten window clips to it the slide on the left side would not lay flat on window clip had to remove metal bracket and use bracket off old regulator a real pain I was in a time crunch and did not have time to return it - I have ordered other products from 1aauto and had no problems
Perfit fit
Wayne
December 4, 2017
Arrived ahead of schedule. And the part was fit exactly as described. I am a returning customer and I have been extremely satisfied with all of my purchases.
Great product, great video instructions
M
April 6, 2018
Window stopped going up all the way (unless I pulled it up). Talked to some people/researched on line and found regulator was most likely the cause. I also got window clips and plastic guides. I didn't realize the plastic guides come with the new regulator, so I didn't need them. The "problem" ended up being a broken window clip. However, I still replaced the regulator because it was was worn and weak. This new regulator was very easy to install after watching the 1A Auto videos on youtube and I couldn't be happier with the results!
Pontiac Hrand Am window regulator
Noreen
November 11, 2018
Delivered on time. Installed easily and worked perfectly. Would buy again if needed and definitely recommend to a friend.
jim
April 30, 2020
yes it was exactly what i needed perfect fit
thank you
Excellent product
Tony
July 4, 2021
Easy install with all parts included. my commuter was only down for a couple days before the quick shipping got me the parts I needed.
Awesome
Kent
March 18, 2022
Awesome
Overall a good experience!
Franklin
January 16, 2024
1A Auto was wonderful, it arrived on time and was in good shape, the box was heavily damaged on one end but the part inside was fine,
However, the motor was wired backwards from the factory, in other words, when you want the window down you need to push the button up, and visa-versa. I had already installed it in my car and didn't want to tear it apart again, yes, they offered me a replacement, but I declined. The car is in Florida so I won't have much need to be going up and down with the window. No, you can't attach the wires backwards, they will only go on one way, all the other windows work correctly. I can live with up for down and down for up. Just check it out before you install it because you need to super glue the glass to it.
Bob
October 5, 2024
Perfect fit no hassle
Customer Q&A
Are Brackets That bolt to Window regulator and glue to window glass included with regulator?August 17, 2015
Paul B
10
no the bracket on the glass do not come with the regulator. Use the old ones. They glue back to glass.
August 17, 2015
Gregory H
10
The brackets that hold the window are bolted to the register that you receive. The bracket does not come with the unit.
August 17, 2015
Heath B
10
Hi Paul B., are you talking about the GM unit (I've used several recently). It sounds like you are referring to the channel that holds the glass. No, that is not included. You may need to shop for window parts, not regulator parts for that one.
August 17, 2015
Laurie N
10
No they are not
August 17, 2015
Ashley W
10
I'm sorry, I hired someone to install it. He did have quite a fit getting the window unattached to the old brackets because they were glued on so well. I did not hear any complaints about the installation, and he finished in one day.
August 17, 2015
Steve D
10
No they are not. They cost me around 15 bucks at a parts store.
August 17, 2015
Randy M
10
On my car the regulator was wore out and the material that was suppose to retain the window by compression were dried out and worthless. Everything I needed to repair the window to factory specs came with the regulator I received. The only thing I reused was the glass. The rest came with my purchase.
August 17, 2015
Kent L
10
No i had to buy them seperate but if I remember right it was very low cost.
August 17, 2015
Selena R
10
no glue and bolts not included.
August 19, 2015
Gonzalo G
10
They were not. My glass and brackets were fine, so this was not an issue for me. Good luck.
August 20, 2015
Mark S
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